Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 851 - 528: Earth Book
Chapter 851: Chapter 528: Earth Book
Time flies like an arrow; years pass like a shuttlecock; in the blink of an eye, nine thousand years have passed.
Nine thousand years, countless eons, how many seas have turned into mulberry fields, how many eras have shifted?
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The beauty ages, the beloved departs, only the Immortal Gods remain, reaping their few gains!
The battle for the Heavenly Secret Realm has reached its climax after ten thousand years; it is about to draw to a close.
“The Earth Book!”
Within an Immortal Array, Xu Yang and his three companions sit together, above them the Earthly Branches Apricot Yellow Flag shines brightly, withstanding the surging Ten Thousand Mothers Earth Genesis Qi, barely maintaining a space for the four to study the array.
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This formation is called the Ten Thousand Mothers Earth Genesis Formation, created by the “Earth Book” from the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man. The formation flows with incredibly thick Ten Thousand Mothers Earth Genesis Qi. A single thread weighs as much as a mountain, not to mention the integrated sea of Earth Genesis Qi formed by the entire array. Even the Earth Immortal’s four continents and thousands of mountains and rivers might not match this weight.
Such pressure, let alone mortals, even Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods would struggle to endure; even Xu Yang, who deeply practices the Dao of Yin Yang and the Five Elements, must rely on the Earthly Branches Apricot Yellow Flag to maintain his presence in the array, lest he be crushed into powder by the Earth Aura.
If Xu Yang is in such a state, it’s needless to say for others. From ancient times to now, nearly a million years, the Heavenly Secret Realm has been explored by numerous Immortal Gods over several hundred thousand years. Whether it be the Innate Five Directions Banner, the Spiritual Rhinoceros Divine Sword, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, or the Godslayer Spear and other treasures, all have been deciphered by later generations, who forged numerous replicas.
Even the Book of Life and Death, one of the “Three Books,” has copies within both the Heavenly Court and the Netherworld.
Only the Earth Book remains unparalleled, to this day nobody has successfully replicated it.
There’s no way around it; the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man are unlike ordinary treasures. They are not only mysterious in power but also contain the mysteries of the universe. One must meet certain conditions to comprehend them, or else they won’t even be able to touch the threshold.
Take the Human Book, the Book of Life and Death itself. It has the ability to decide life and death. Even a Nine Tribulations True Immortal who recklessly enters the array could face mortal danger. Only Emperor Fengdu, the ruler of the Underworld, and the enigmatic king of the spectral race, with their innate advantages, have entered the array and understood its principles, creating a replica of the Book of Life and Death.
As with the Human Book, it is the same for the Heavenly Book; to date, only Eastern Victory Heavenly Court has mastered its mysteries, by the hand of Heavenly Venerate Taihuang. No one else can possibly reach that level, and naturally, they’re powerless to replicate the Heavenly Book.
Emperor Fengdu is a Nether God of the spectral race, naturally possessing an advantage in the Dao of life and death, which allowed him to decipher the mysteries of the Human Book.
The Heavenly Court Taihuang, although without the advantage of race, it is said that in order to comprehend the secrets of the Heavenly Book, he founded the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court to gain the rank and title of “Heavenly Emperor,” finally succeeding in replicating the Investiture of the Gods.
Similarly, the conditions for comprehending the Earth Book are extremely stringent, such that for several hundred thousand years, no one has been able to craft this treasure.
In Xu Yang’s view, the secret of this Earth Book not only requires mastery of the “earth element” Dao but also a deep comprehension of the principles of the earth.
The earth is like a mother, nurturing all things. Mud, sand, soil, rock are just a part of it, as well as grass, trees, mountains, rivers, and the billions of living beings, even the sun, moon, and stars are included in this “earth principle.”
To comprehend the secret of the Earth Book, one must first understand the earth principle, understand the relationships between heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, soil and wood, and all the myriad things of the land.
Only by comprehending these principles can one enter this array without being affected by the Earth Aura, instead being like a fish in water.
At that time, one will be able to calmly grasp the mystery of the Earth Book and even take this treasure into one’s possession.
But while it may sound simple, it’s not so easy to achieve. How to study and understand this earth principle?
Xu Yang, in this regard, has a substantial say. The Earth Deity Law he gained in the Black Water World corresponds perfectly with the Dao of this Earth Book, offering a brilliant mutual insight.
His entry into this Ten Thousand Mothers Earth Genesis Formation is twofold: first, because of the power of the Earthly Branches Apricot Yellow Flag, and second, thanks to the marvelous use of this Earth Deity Mana Point.
Xu Yang has a premonition that if he can decipher the secrets of the Earth Book, not only will he acquire a treasure, but it will also take his Earth Deity cultivation method to the next level, perfecting its flaws.
After all, the Earth Deity cultivation method was obtained from the Divine Mansion in the Black Water World where the Black Water River God resided. The rank of the Black Water River God was too low, and the Earth Deity cultivation method was incomplete. Over the years, with time and skill characteristics, he had made several breakthroughs, but it was still not perfect, with the potential to evolve into hidden dangers.
Therefore, Xu Yang places great importance on this Earth Book. He arrived here three thousand years ago, advancing step by step into the array.
Now, although he is not quite “like a fish in water,” he has successfully penetrated deep into the Ten Thousand Mothers Earth Genesis Formation, catching a glimpse of the “Earth Book.”
In the heart of the array, where the source of the mother Qi flows, there lies a piece of earth and rock, resembling a book, slowly rotating in this sea of Genesis Qi, revealing the rhyme of the universe.
It is the Mountain Sea Earth Scripture, also known as the Heaven and Earth Treasure Book!
Xu Yang sits motionless, observing the Earth Book, his eyes swirling with Taoist Rhyme, all steeped in the mystery of earth.
What is Taoist Rhyme?
The Taoist is the law; the so-called Taoist Rhyme is an expression, a manifestation of the Great Dao Principle.
If we use a tangible observation and description, at this moment, Xu Yang’s eyes contain myriad characters and lines, flipping and leaving a trace of seeming chaos, as if on the verge of forming into an inexplicable system and structure.
This is the Taoist Rhyme!
The manifestation of the Great Dao, the embodiment of the Law!
Chaotic and unordered, because the understanding has not yet been reached, one is still unable to arrange it.
“Big brother!”
“It’s been three thousand years!”
“Is the mystery of this Earth Book so profound?”
“Despite your stature and hard endurance for three thousand years, have you not achieved results?”
“After all, it is one of the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man. It is heard that in order to decipher the secrets of the Heavenly Book and the Human Book, Taihuang and Emperor Fengdu restructured their own Tao Lineages into the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, hence gaining the ranks of Heavenly Venerable and Nether God, and only then did they decipher the mysteries of the Heavenly Book and the Human Book.”
